My thanks to everyone for sending in your questions for our Q&A offering. It’s been great to see what’s weighing on people’s minds right now and we want to do what we feasibly can to provide answers for you. I’ve gone through the questions submitted through various channels – here at IS, on Facebook and through one of our enthusiast […]
UPDATE: Thanks to all for your questions so far. Please continue to pass the word around so that friends and other Saab contacts can have the opportunity to pose a question. We are chasing and preparing answers for you right now. —— We’d like to open the floor and invite your questions about what’s happening at Saab right now. You
We had a poll recently, on Twitter and Facebook. It posed the Saab Catharina against the Saab 9x concept car. The voters wish was for detailed photos of Catharina. Here she is….. The story of Catharina is pretty well known, but for those who don’t know….. In the early 1960s, Saab’s legendary designer, Sixten Sason, penned his ideas for a
You’ve all most likely seen this image before. It’s one of the better known images of the Saab 900 Turbo. The photo was taken for Saab’s 50th Anniversary marketing campaign, back in 1997. A calendar was made featuring this image and a number of others like it. Remember the Saab 99 EMS in motion, or the Saab 92? All of
A few days ago, I brought you some video footage from the regularity class at the Midnight Sun Rally. That’s where most of the Saabs were featured. Following is a video from the historic class, the flat-out version of the rally that doesn’t feature quite so many Saabs, but does feature a lot of action. Enjoy your viewing. —— My
The 2011 Midnight Sun Rally ended just over a week ago and there were a lot of Saabs entered in the event. If you haven’t seen the Midnight Sun Rally photo album yet, then make sure you click on that link and check it out. Most of the Saabs at the event competed in the Regularity Class. This is not
I’ve got a swag of photos from the Midnight Sun Rally, held around Västerås last weekend. I don’t have any of the cars on the dirt, though. I only shot video there, which I’ll post very soon. These stills were taken at Rally HQ in Västerås, where the cars would assemble at the end of each day. I’m not sure
I just wanted to add this release to finish off our Best of the Road coverage. I really enjoyed the Wynns’ work and am so happy for them taking out this prize. They’re going to love that 9-4x. —— Rand McNally sponsors — “Best of the Road” — rally to 30 cities, with media partner, USA TODAY ROYAL OAK, MICH.,
SAAB AWARDS 9-4X TO WINNER OF ‘BEST OF THE ROAD’ RALLY Read Post »
If you haven’t already done so, you can read the following first: Part 1 – Saab 9-4x Intro, styling and interior Part 2 – Saab 9-4x performance, handling and fuel economy And whilst you’re in the mood, check out the Saab 9-4x comparison table, which puts the 9-4x up against the BMW X3, the Audi Q5 and the Volvo CX60
I thought I’d put this together as a supplement to the writeup I’ve been doing on my time with the Saab 9-4x. One of the things that impressed me about the 9-4x was that it had a very high level of equipment. As I started writing up my report, I had the SaabUSA web page open to look up various
Read part 1 of this review – Saab 9-4x Intro, styling and interior —— Performance and Handling The Saab 9-4x Aero with its 2.8 Turbo engine produces 300hp (221kW) of power and 295 ft lb (400Nm) of torque. Believe me when I tell you that that’s more than enough to make this big momma get up and dance. This car
